Opening an account requires identity verification details
A Coinbase account requires identity checks, including your name, address, birth date, and SSN or government ID number; blockchain transfers require photo ID and a selfie.
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A consumer platform for buying and selling supported digital assets and holding, sending, and managing digital-asset and U.S. dollar balances.
coinbase.com ↗U.S. adult consumer · plan and state unspecified
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A Coinbase account requires identity checks, including your name, address, birth date, and SSN or government ID number; blockchain transfers require photo ID and a selfie.
The terms allow immediate suspension or closure for any reason without details; transfers are permitted for 90 days unless law or a court order bars them.
Most disputes must go to binding arbitration, and the terms waive class actions and jury trials, subject to stated exceptions.
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A Coinbase account requires identity checks, including your name, address, birth date, and SSN or government ID number; blockchain transfers require photo ID and a selfie.
Some questions remain open in the saved text. Any supported findings appear below.
If you share content through a service feature, you keep ownership but grant Coinbase a perpetual, transferable license to use it.
This applies only if you share content through a Coinbase service; the agreement says only some services allow this.
The terms allow immediate suspension or closure for any reason without details; transfers are permitted for 90 days unless law or a court order bars them.
The terms seek to cap many claims at the value of assets in your wallet and exclude several types of damages, subject to stated exceptions.
The agreement says some jurisdictions do not allow certain damage exclusions, so the limitation may not apply there.
Most disputes must go to binding arbitration, and the terms waive class actions and jury trials, subject to stated exceptions.
Before arbitration or a small-claims action, the terms require a formal complaint process; skipping it may mean your claim is dismissed.
Buying or selling crypto may cost fees and a spread; Coinbase says it shows the final transaction price when you authorize the trade.
This applies if you buy or sell supported digital assets or use a service with fees.
After you send supported crypto to an external wallet and it is broadcast, the transfer cannot be reversed; Coinbase does not guarantee network confirmation.
This applies when you send supported digital assets to an external wallet.
Verify the transaction information before submitting the transfer.
The subscription renews with recurring charges; cancel before renewal to avoid the next charge, and an offered free trial converts to paid unless canceled first.
This applies only if you choose a Coinbase One subscription or accept an offered free trial.
Cancel before the renewal date if you do not want the next charge.
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This report was generated from saved policy text and checked in a second automated review. Automated interpretation can still miss or misread terms. The source documents were retrieved on Oct 20, 2026. Policies may have changed since retrieval.